The Level

A podcast for people who love video games.

About the show

The Level is a podcast for people who love video games. It's a weekly roundtable hosted by friends and industry outsiders Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, David Moneysmith, and Jala Prendes. Every Friday, we discuss video game news, the games we've been playing, and listener mail.

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Episodes

  • 139: Needs More Wolf Junk

    February 19th, 2016  |  1 hr 41 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the PlayStation VR release leak, Firewatch, and we ask you about your favorite romances in games.

    The Brief:

    To Ash is now available for purchase.
    Dark Souls III is getting two DLC packs.
    PlayStation VR rumored t

  • 138: Timestorm

    February 12th, 2016  |  1 hr 49 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Amazon's new game engine, Darkest Dungeon, and we ask you what speed runs you like to watch.

  • 137: Chrono Trigger Warning

    February 5th, 2016  |  1 hr 36 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Jala talk about PAX South 2016, The Witness, and we ask you which games you regret trading in.

  • 136: Bring Me the Pump Action, Jeeves

    January 29th, 2016  |  1 hr 26 mins

    Kole, Ben, David, and Dennis talk about the possibility of Her Story 2, The Magic Circle, and we interview Eduardo Ramirez, the lead developer of Fenix Furia.

  • 135: Ice Fractals

    January 22nd, 2016  |  1 hr 55 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about pre-release details for The Witness, Until Dawn, and we do a Free Play Multiplayer.

  • 134: Suck It, Horses

    January 15th, 2016  |  1 hr 33 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Wolfenstein: New Order, Amazon Video Games, and we ask you about your favorite dream sequences in games.

  • 133: Shenmue Three's Company

    January 8th, 2016  |  1 hr 35 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Activision buying MLG, Undertale, and we ask you about your gaming New Year resolutions.

  • 132: Saving it for the Memoirs

    January 1st, 2016  |  1 hr 16 mins

    Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about XCOM: The Long War, Life is Strange, and we reveal the Title of the Year for 2015.

  • 131: Not For Long, Then Forever

    December 18th, 2015  |  1 hr 27 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about a smattering of news stories, a smattering of games, and we ask you how you protect your backlogs from winter sales.

  • 130: Quarter to Third Mons

    December 11th, 2015  |  1 hr 45 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about the Game Award weirdness, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and we ask you about your favorite twists in games.

  • 129: 2 Ash 2 Furious

    December 4th, 2015  |  1 hr 32 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David interview Kyle Ballantine, the developer of "To Ash". Then we do our usual Grind thing.

  • 128: Mean Facebook

    November 20th, 2015  |  1 hr 45 mins

    Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Fallout 4, the Game Award nominees, and we ask you about your favorite open world finds.